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Happy Holidays 2013

Dec 24, 2013

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rokur

in Faroe Islands, Fun, Nature

Yeah, a pretty lousy photo of a whale, taken from our car yesterday, near Áir in the Faroe Islands. Four more sperm whales had gotten themselves almost beached on the banks of Hvalvík (‘Whale Bay’), here in the Faroes, like those that died a few weeks ago, one ending up exploding.

This time the weather was okay, and school was off, so I took the boys with me to see the whales, while we had time and before the weather shifted. We barely made it – Able hands had helped them off the sand banks, and we therefore only saw one of them for a minute or so, before it dove and was gone, swimming to deeper waters in the south. But the boys were happy, as we had seen the whale :-)
Behold Eugene Godsoe’s cover of Passenger’s Let Her Go

Dec 24, 2013

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rokur

in Wow

Via SwimmingWorld
2013 Duel in the Pool Interviews

Dec 24, 2013

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rokur

in Competition

Courtesy of British Swimming, Conor Dwyer, Jeanette Ottesen, Michael Jamieson, Eugene Godsoe, Sophie Allen, Tom Shields, Fran Halsall and Mireia Belmonte being interviewed.
Dawn Fraser slams Stilnox Six punishment, says Aussie swimming on right track now

Dec 23, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization

Read brisbanetimes

Swimming legend Dawn Fraser has slammed the Stilnox Six’s punishment, saying the “eggheads” in Australia’s infamous London Olympic men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team should have copped a two-year ban.

“They should have been given a two-year ban because I think the only way you learn your lesson is if you get a ban.

“Swimming has been such a clean sport, to have those d***heads do that to the sport …”

Fraser was shattered when suspended for 10 years, later reduced to four, by the national swimming body for off-field misdemeanours in 1964. […]

However, Fraser applauded sweeping post-London changes that resulted in John Bertrand as SA president and Jacco Verhaeren replacing Leigh Nugent as head coach.

“I think the future of swimming is looking good now,” she said.
Polish Ice Swimming Championships – Chojnice 2013

Dec 22, 2013

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water

Polish Ice Swimming Championships – Chojnice 2013 from Jonathan Cowie on Vimeo.
DUEL 2013 – Duel in the Pool finale

Dec 22, 2013

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rokur

in Competition

“Interview with Eurpoean Allstars and Team USA after the Duel in the Pool event 2013!” – Featuring Tyler Clary, Mireia Belmonte, Cullen Jones and Michael Jamieson.
Rebecca Adlington won’t rule out surgery to make her ‘a pretty girl’

Dec 22, 2013

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rokur

in Gossip

Read Express

Despite being Britain’s most successful swimmer of all time, the athlete has revealed she doesn’t believe that she is a ‘pretty girl’.

Ms Adlington’s frank admissions are a real surprise, proving that even the most inspirational of women can still fall victim to their own insecurities.

Rebecca became a household name after her astonishing success in the London 2012 Olympic games, but the swimmer reveals that she has suffered with the darker apects that fame can bring.

“Every day I look in the mirror and go ‘God, I’m not pretty.

“I’ve got a very big nose. That’s what most of the negative comments on Twitter are about – my nose”
Germantown Academy grad Arthur Frayler: ‘There was no hazing’

Dec 22, 2013

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rokur

in Organization

Read The Intelligencer

On any team, there’s always going to be horsing around in the locker room, on the field or whatever it is,” said Frayler, whose time of 4:17.96 in winning the 500-yard freestyle at the 2012 Eastern Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships broke the school and meet record formerly held by the late Fran Crippen.

“When I was at GA, absolutely not — there was no hazing or serious issues, and especially when I was a junior, and senior in the captain position. Shoulberg made it really clear to us that it was not acceptable.

“Hearing rumors and reading articles of hazing and related issues and Shoulberg throwing it under the table, I knew that wasn’t true. I was a captain on the team for a year; I swam there since the fourth grade, and everything Shoulberg did was professional in nature that it was taken care of. Any situation, whether it was just kids being kids, he still reported it when he had to.
Overexcited dog jumps in to play with the dolphins

Dec 22, 2013

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rokur

in Fun, Nature

Maverick, you silly boy! :-)

Overboard Maverick- Dog jumps on Dolphins (Really Funny-Must See)

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Rókur í Jákupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)